Bottle-washing machine



(No Model.)

F. B. SBIBERLIGH. Bom

IggyvAsHING MACHINE.

No. 272,484. Patented Feb.20, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PlilMT-,Qanioa FRANK B. SEIBERLICH, OF EASI CAMBRIDGE,MASSA()EIUSE'ITS.y

BOTTLE-WASHING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,484, dated February20, 1883.

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.)

. by declare the same to be described in the following specification,and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of aA bottlewashing machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a transverse section of such machine, it beingtaken in a plane atright angles with the plane of elevation of Fig. 1. The remainingfigures are hereinafter described.

This invention relates to bottle-washers of the class of which thatdescribed in the United States Patent No. 241,834 is a representative,the nature of such invention being defined in the claims hereinafterpresented.l

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the said drawings, A is a jet-tube connected with avertically-movable cross-head, B, arranged to slide on two sta- 4tionaryupright rods or guides, O G, they being iixed to and disposed within atable, D. J ointed to the said cross-head is a connectingrod, E, havingweights F fixed to its opposite sides, they being'sufficient to depressthe cross-head and jet-tube as occasion may require. The saidconnectingrod, at its lower end, is jointed to thelonger'arm of akneelever, G, fulerumed to the table,fand having 'its shorter armjointed to that of another kneelever, H, also fulcrumed to the table,this latter lever having its longer arm forked, and provided with astep, a, to enable it (the said lever) to be used as a pedal. The saidlonger arm is so made, or open,in order to allow that ofthe otherkneeslever to pass downthrough it while the pedal-lever is being raisedand the other lever depressed with the weighted connection-rod. Onforcing the pedal-lever longer arm down kthe longer armof the otherlever twill be forced upward, andthereby cause, by means ofthe weightedconnection-rod, the jet-pipe to rise upward. The said jetpipe is to bejoined to the cross-head, so as to be capable of being revolvedindependently of it, and is to open into it, the lcross-head. beinghollow1 or chambered and provided with a stop-cock, I,such beingparticularly shownon an enlarged scale in Fig. 3, which is a horizontalsection of the cross-head and stop-cock.. A hose, K,joined to the inductof the stopcock, is to lead the water under pressure into and throughthe stop-cock, from whence,when

the valve of such cock is open,such water will flow into and through andout of the jet-tube.

The spindle b ofthe valve c of the stopcock is keyed to an arm, K.Thespindle screws intothe body of the cock, so that bymoving the arm theright way the valve will be moved off its -seat in order for the waterto be discharged by the jet tube or pipe. For operating the valve orturning its stem two arms, K and L, are used, the lower one, L, beinghinged to a shelf, M, of the table, and provided with a range of holes,(shown at 6,) to enble it to be pivoted to the lower part of the` upperarm, K. While the cross-head is being depressed the valve will beclosed, so as to shut ofi' the water from the jet-pipe, and such valvewill be opened during arise of the crosshead and the jet-pipe. The saidjet-pipe slides freely within a tubular shaft, N, duly supported, so asto revolve within the table, the two shafts being adapted so that thetubular shaft, while revolving, shall not move endwise but revolve thejet-tube, which can slide up and down in the tubular shaft, theconnection of the jet-tube and the tubular shaft being by what is termeda spline or feather connection. Encompassing the tubular shaft is atubular and stationary post 0 socketed at its upper part to receive thehead of the neck of a bottle 'to be washed. The socket should be linedor cushioned with` india-rubber, in order to prevent breakage of thebotengages with a bevelgear, Q, carried by a cranked shaft, R, all beingarranged as represented. Un revolving the shaft R the tubular shaftandthe jet-tube will be rapidly revolved.

Projecting from the jet-tube at its upper part are a series of springs,S S, each of which is providedl with a brush, T. The top U of the tableis dished and furnished with an educt, V, to carry off the waste waterthat may fall within such top.

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The cranked shaftfor revolving the tubular shaft by means of bevelgears,as explained, is arranged at right angles to the plane of the cross-headand its weighted connection-rod and the two knee-levers. This enables anattendant,with his left foot on the pedal or lower of the said levers,readily to seize with his right hand and turn the crank ot' such shaft,it being understood that this machine is to be operated by manual poweronly.

'lhe jet-tube being depressed to its lowestposition,abottleinverted isto beinserted into the socket ofthe post, so as to cause thebrushestopass into the neck of such bottle. The pedal is next to be depressed andthe shaft R to be revolved, in which case the jet-tube and the brusheswill be forced upward into and will be rapidly revolved within thebottle, waterat the same time owingth rough the jet-tube and beingdischarged into the bottle, whereby such bottlewillbe washedorcleansed.Onan attendant raising his foot on the pedal, the weightedconnection-rod will depress the jet-tube and the stop-cock will beclosed.

I would remark that I make no claim to the machine or any part of it asdescribed or claimed in the aforesaid Patent No. 241,834.

I claim in the machine for Washing bottles- 1. The weightedconnection-rod and the two knee-levers, combined and arranged with thetable and the supporting cross-head of thejet-tube, substantially and tooperate as set forth.

2. The arms K L, combined and arranged substantially as described, withthe table, the stop-cock,l and the cross-head, and jet-tube, providedwith means for operating them, as set forth.

3. The combination of the cranked shaft and bevelgears for revolving thetubular shaft, with the operatinglevers, connectionrod, and cross-head,as described, arranged in a plane at right angles to the axis of thesaid cranked shaft and applied to the table, and thejct-tubesubstantially as set forth.

FRANK BENJAMIN SEIBERLICII.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT.

